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Boston Georgia Map

Explore Boston, Georgia, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Boston, Georgia

How to Use This Boston, Georgia Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Boston, Georgia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Georgia or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Boston.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

CityBoston
StateGeorgia (GA)
CountyThomas County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneEastern Time (America/New_York)
Latitude30.791861
Longitude-83.789887
Population1,207
Density206.8 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code31626
Area Code229
County SeatThomasville
School DistrictThomas County School District

About Boston, Georgia

Boston is a locality in Thomas County, Georgia, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,207. The population density is 206.8 people per km². Boston is located at 30.7919°N, 83.7899°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Boston is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 31626.

Boston reveals itself through a sprawling expanse of flat, pine-shadowed earth where the heavy, humid air holds the scent of warming soil and distant, ripening pecans. It lies 11.6 miles east-southeast of Thomasville, GA (from Thomasville, GA: bearing 105°T), and is situated 13.7 miles west of Quitman. Norton Branch cuts a narrow, sluggish path through the undergrowth only a mile away, its dark waters reflecting the heavy canopy of longleaf pine that defines the horizon. Beyond the immediate canopy, the terrain dips into the limestone depressions of Howell Sinks, a quiet reminder of the porous, shifting foundation beneath the fields. At the Boston Sports Complex Park, the grass remains vibrant under the persistent Southern sun, providing a quiet center for activity where the light at dusk turns the dusty red clay into a deep, bruised copper.

Boston emerged from the steady pulse of agrarian life, long sustained by the rhythm of the harvest and the patient labor of those who work the inland plains. Economic memory here is etched into the rows of orchards and the quiet productivity of the local mills, far from the frantic pace of the state’s northern metropolitan corridors. While the distant Kennedy Hill creates a subtle break in the flat topography fourteen miles away, the character of the region remains tied to the stillness of Mitchell Lake, five miles to the north, which serves as a mirror for the changing sky. Life here moves with a deliberate, measured gravity, where the day is marked not by sirens or grand structures, but by the slow turning of the seasons and the quiet persistence of a landscape that has long been defined by its own internal, modest scale.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Boston Sports Complex Park (Local Park) — 0.3 mi, 173° S
  • Memorial Wall (Monument) — 10.4 mi, 290° W
  • 014-001 (State Recreation Area) — 11.0 mi, 026° NE
  • Thomasville on Stage and Company (Theatre) — 11.7 mi, 286° W
  • Lapham-Patterson House Museum (Museum) — 12.0 mi, 288° W
  • Civil War Prison Camp (Monument) — 12.7 mi, 284° W
  • Upper Aucilla Conservation Area (Local Conservation Area) — 14.1 mi, 164° S
  • River Creek The Rolf And Alexandra Kauka Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.0 mi, 286° W
  • Shoe Shine House (Attraction) — 16.3 mi, 267° W
  • Elisabeth Ireland Poe Gallery (2nd Floor) (Attraction) — 16.3 mi, 267° W
  • Carpenter's Shop (Attraction) — 16.4 mi, 267° W
  • Nurse's Station (Attraction) — 16.4 mi, 267° W
  • Small horse statue (Public Artwork) — 16.4 mi, 267° W
  • John Howard Girardeau (Monument) — 17.5 mi, 194° S
  • Monticello Opera House (Theatre) — 17.7 mi, 196° S
  • Farm Service Agency Interest Of Ga (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.5 mi, 007° N · 1,786 acres
  • 1st Universalist Church (Historic Ruins) — 19.6 mi, 286° W
  • Redemptive Love Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 20.3 mi, 228° SW
  • Mound Interpetive Area (Viewpoint) — 22.4 mi, 212° SW
  • Moultrie Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 26.3 mi, 359° N
  • Museum of Colquitt County History (Museum) — 26.5 mi, 001° N
  • Moultrie Stadium Cinema 6 (Cinema) — 27.5 mi, 003° N
  • Valdosta Studio Imagination (Arts Centre) — 28.7 mi, 082° E
  • Reed Bingham State Park (State Park) — 29.2 mi, 029° NE
  • St. Marks River Preserve State Park (State Park) — 31.4 mi, 213° SW
  • Apalachicola National Forest (National Forest) — 40.7 mi, 225° SW · 576k acres
  • Big Bend Seagrasses Aquatic Preserve (Marine Protected Area) — 43.1 mi, 210° SW
  • St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 44.9 mi, 202° S · 246k acres
  • St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 46.1 mi, 194° S · 18k acres
  • Osceola National Forest (National Forest) — 46.2 mi, 122° SE · 160k acres

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About This Boston Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Boston, Georgia. Coordinates: 30.791861, -83.789887. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Boston includes the ZIP code (31626), telephone area code (229), county seat of Thomas County (Thomasville), and school district assignment (Thomas County School District).

Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.

Page generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.